Britain declares war on Bulgaria as Balkan fronts shift
London reports Britain declares war on Bulgaria on October 16 in response to Bulgaria's alliance with the Central Powers. Serbian, German and Italian positions are cited with Pozarevac taken and 450 prisoners. Italy declines to send troops but offers support. Russian fronts mobilize in the Balkans. Kaiser reportedly at Austro German HQ in Serbia.
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London
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Sofia
Serbia
Foreign Office
Teutons
Paris
Belgrade-Semendria- Obrenevatz
Temps
Nish
Italy
Rome
Balkans
Giornale d'Italia
Sonnino
Ald
France
England
Russia
Chamber of Deputies
Vivian
Kaiser
Emperor William
Copenhagen
Morning Post
Berlin
Six German Ships Sunk by British Submarines
British subs near Helgoland Bay torpedoed and sank the Hamburg American line steamship Nicomeda 4891 tons off the southwest Danish coast. Thirty three crew were saved. Submarines off Kalman sank a German collier and bombarded the ore steamship Germania with crews saved. Copenhagen Politiken notes three German steamships torpedoed in the Baltic.
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London
Helgoland Bay
Nicomeda
Copenhagen Politiken
Baltic
One Slain in Vote Quiz in Charleston Event
In Charleston Washington D C on Oct 16 six men were arrested as militia and deputy sheriffs patrol streets after a Friday shooting outside the Democratic city executive committee room where municipal primary returns were to be canvassed. Reporter Sidney J. Cohen was killed and four others shot, including W A Turner who is listed in critical condition.
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Charleston
D. C
Democratic City Executive Committee
Sidney J. Cohen
W. A. Turner
Sign War Loan Contract Fleets Allied Nations
The wartime loan for 500 million dollars was contractually signed in New York. Lord Reading represented England, Ernst Mallet and Octave Homberg represented France, and J. P. Morgan led American bankers in the agreement.
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Lord Reading
England
Mallet and Homberg
France
Morgan
Americans
New York
Ernest Mallet
Octave Homberg
J. P. Morgan
Dr Ferdinand Goets Dies at Ninety Eight
Dr Ferdinand Goets president of the German Athletic nation has died at eighty nine. The obituary notes his leadership and age in Leipair on Oct 16 via Sayville.
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Ferdinand Goets
Leipair
Sayville
Daniels Pushes Large Naval Fleet and Continental Army Plan
Washington reports Secretary Daniels outlines a 500 million dollar five year naval build with two dreadnoughts and three battle cruisers plus submarines and destroyers. Garrison proposes a 140,000 strong regular army and a 400,000 soldier continental force with six year terms and annual training. National Guard to expand behind the continental army.
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Washington
DaNiels
Wilson
Garrison
Continental United States
National Guard
Continental Army
Wilson attacks hyphenated Americans in DAR address
President Wilson denounces hyphenated Americans in a stirring speech to the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary. He calls for a census of foreign-born citizens and declares a divide between those loyal to America and those aligned with other countries.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Daughters of American Revolution
Dancee
Norman Galt
Bolling
America
Dr Wilhelm Gwinner Dies At Ninety In Frankfurt
Dr Wilhelm Gwinner longtime biographer to Schopenhauer and friend of Schopenhauer died in Frankfurt at age ninety. The notice states his death on October 15 via Tuckerton.
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Wilhelm Gwinner
Frankfort
Tuckerton
Schopennauer
Bombing Toll Rises in London Zeppelin Raid
Fifty five killed and one hundred fourteen wounded in a Zeppelin raid over London. Civilian casualties numbered thirty two dead and ninety five injured with fourteen military deaths and eighteen wounds. A mass meeting urged reprisal through raids on German towns.
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London
Pre Bureau
Shell
War Office
Royal Field Artillery
Royal Flying Corps
Home Office
Lord Willoughby de Broke
Cannon Street
Globe
Teutons Beat Back British In Key Fronts
Berlin reports German forces repelled British advances in Artois and Champagne. Northeast and east of Vermelles British positions were driven out, leaving only a fragment of a trench near a gravel quarry. In Champagne east of Aubérive Laon troops captured the last major French fortified point, with five officers and 300 men taken along with several machine guns.
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Berlin
Germany
London
Artois
Champagne
War Office
Vermelles
Auberive
Laon
Dawes Defends Bank Deal In Munday Trial
Charles G. Dawes, president of the Central Trust company, testified in the CG B. Munday case that his bank’s role in organizing LaSalle Street Trust and Savings bank was a standard banking accommodation and that he would have rejected the Munday note if he suspected a trick. He said the Central Mutual’s action was a courtesy with no compensation and denied knowledge of the questioned notes.
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Miu
Any
Mr. Dawes
Graham & Morton seeks receiver in U S district court
The Graham & Morton Transportation company filed for a receiver in the U S district court at Grand Rapids Michigan. The Michigan Trust company was appointed as receiver. The firm says it is solvent with assets of 1 400 000 and liabilities of 600 000. Slumps in business due to the Eastland disaster and poor Michigan crops are blamed for its financial troubles.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Graham & Morton Transportation Company
United States District Court
Michigan Trust Company of
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Hooper Delivers Ninth Inning Homer As Red Sox Win Series
Boston defeats Philadelphia 5 to 4 to close the world championship series in game five. Harry Hooper hits a key ninth inning homer, Duffy Lewis also homers, Fred Luderus goes deep for the Phillies, Foster outpitches Mayer and Rixey as 20,000 fans witness the dramatic finish.
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Hooper
Homer
Tie
Foster
Mayer
Rixey
Philadelphia
Bill Carrigan
Red Sox
Philadelphia Nationals
Phillies
Harry Hooper
Harry
Duffy Lewis
Fred Luderus
Phils
Boston
Paskett Clissisesbey
Cravath
Bocker
Fis
Luderus
Whitted
Niehoff
von Burns
Oo Mayer
Dugey
Kim Ifer
Xihit Er
Gardner
Lewis
Rixe
Stock
Prey
Gananer
Hoblitzer
Thomas
Klemn
O'Loughlin
Evans
Rigler
Wilson seeks larger army and navy expansion plan
President Wilson moves to win congressional approval for expanding the regular army to 120000 with a 500000 defense reserve and seeks support from House leaders on readiness. He outlines topics including army strength, navy additions, tax changes, and an inheritance tax. Costs estimate total army funding near 182 million with navy seeking about 75 million more.
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Washington
Wilson
Hay
Virginia
Military Committee of
House
United States
Burleson
Pau
North Carolina
House Rules Committee
Congress
Army
Navy
U S Navy to Rank Second in World in Five Years
Western newspaper report says if Congress backs Wilson naval plan the United States would, within five years, surpass Canada and France in budget and near Great Britain in total sea power. It cites 1914 budgets and 1916 construction figures, with US plans totaling about 41 million for new ships.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Naval Intelligence Office
France
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Skull Fractures Reported In Street Car Strike Clash
In Fort Wayne Indiana three weeks into a street car strike Raymond Tibbets a strikebreaker and Theo Bruick a 15 year old boy fought on a street corner. Tibbets used an iron bar to strike Bruick who retaliated with a brick cracking Tibbets skull. Tibbets fired several shots but no injuries resulted. A second strikebreaker on Tibbets car called the attack on Bruick unprovoked.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Raymond Tibbets
Theo Bruick
Tibbets
Bruick
Travel in Flying Boat by Macauley Across Lake Ontario
Thomas E. Macauley, Toronto, official trainer of Canadian military and naval aviators, flew a modified ordinary flying boat 442% miles in 5 hours 43 minutes. Routes included Toronto to Hamilton and Lake Ontario crossings of 61 miles, with each round trip taking exactly 59 minutes. On five trips he carried two passengers.
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Toronto
Ont
Thomas E. Macauley
Hamilton
Lake Ontario
Macauley
Cincinnati Market Prices Then and Nearby Commodities
An extensive list of Cincinnati market quotes covering grains wheat corn oats rye and mill feed including No 2 red wheat at 1 24 No 1 white corn at 68c and oats values from 41c to 42c per bushel plus rye and sample rates and further prices for hay butter hees poultry cattle hogs sheep and other livestock and byproducts with varied grade distinctions and unit costs.
Tornado Winds Cause Heavy Damage Across North Texas and Oklahoma
Torrential rains and high winds hit Dallas area and parts of Oklahoma with damage expected to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. Atoka county reports $200,000 in losses, plus destruction of railroad bridges in Chickasha and Bridgeport. Wire communications were cut.
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Dallas
Texas
Okahoma
Atoka County
Oklahoma
Chickasha
Okla
Bridgeport
Grove's General Tonic Card and Exchange Joke
Grove's Tasteless Tonic advertised as a general tonic with quinine and tron claims liver support malaria relief and blood enrichment. An exchange joke questions a man named Jibway who laments bankers lending Britain and France while failing to borrow $50 locally.
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Great Britain
France
Exchange
Thompson Admirer Boasts Wealth and Luxury
The speaker praises Thompson by listing a fine car, a large yacht, and a country home with seven spare bedrooms as the reasons to admire him. The exchange implies Thompson’s affluent status and desirable possessions.
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Thompson
Living Up to It
A railroad official stresses the motto Safety First to reassure the public while noting that every passenger must pay before traveling, underscoring diligence in safety and fare collection.
Pair Discusses Walking Together With Rubber Soles
A brief dialogue shows one person asking to walk a stretch with the other and receiving assurance that rubber soles will make the task easier. The exchange highlights preparedness and practicality in a simple moment.
If All Men Were Compelled to Practice What They Preach
A concise aphorism noting that widespread preaching without action would end if speakers followed their own exhortations.
Hard on Children When Teacher Has Coffee Habit
A Mississippi teacher swears coffee harmed health and mood until trying Postum. After switching, nervousness and irritability faded, heart palpitations eased, and life felt sunnier. The ad touts Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with pricing and a local distributor.
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Bulgard
Balkan
Charleston, S. C
Aberdeen
Marquis of Aberdeen
Marchioness
Lord Aberdeen
Ireland
U. S
Dawes
Lake
Earl OF Derby
Earl Kitchener
Western Newdspaper Union News Service
Cincinnati
Dean
Kentucky
David Harrison
High
S&t
Bowling Green
Doan
Carter
Iver
A ,Lete
Grove
Miss
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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